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1 day ago · With brilliant performances all through, including an excellent Mahendra Fernando, and Roshan Mathew in one of his most complex characters, it’s a film that reminds you of how tiny aspects of one’s personal space expose their politics in times of duress. Darshana Rajendran. Roshan Mathew. Paradise. Minimalism in messaging remains a ...
1 day ago · Apart from a few scripting contrivances, Vithanage’s screenplay, written with Anushka Senanayake, is a thoughtful portrait of human nature revealing itself under pressure. The multi-lingual ...
2 days ago · In Sri Lankan filmmaker Prasanna Vithanage’s Kim Jiseok award-winning film Paradise one can see inspiration from the central theme—the “journey”--of the timeless epic. In the film we see an Indian couple—Kesav (Roshan Mathew) and Amritha (Darshana Rajendran)—who choose to embark on a 'Ramayana Trail' in Sri Lanka amid the financial crisis in Sri Lanka in 2022.
6 days ago · In Paradise, marital discontent is mirrored in the simmering tensions among the people of Sri Lanka. Rajeev Ravi’s cinematography adds to the drama. Early in the movie, the camera focuses on the rear mirror of the vehicle that Kesav and Amritha are travelling in.
22 hours ago · Paradise movie review: Sri Lankan director Vithanage has come up with a deftly-plotted-and-executed film, knitting together a political-personal story filled with powerfully-calibrated emotions, well-judged performances, and a stunning, shocking climax.
19 hours ago · Acclaimed Sri Lankan filmmaker Prasanna Vithanage's films have always been set against the backdrop of issues that matter to society. In 'Paradise' too, he sets his story of a young Malayali couple celebrating their fifth wedding anniversary amidst a socially relevant issue, the Sri Lankan economic crisis of 2022.
19 hours ago · Paradise as a travel film. Shyam Fernando (left) and Roshan Mathew in a still from the film. Paradise is at once a travel film, a human-story film, a social drama, a love story, a mythological ...
